Building a Music Player in Flash CS3 Preview - Setting the Stage
Posted: June 25th, 2008 → By: Administrator

Shelley goes over the use of the basic drawing tools and methods needed to build simple, elegant graphic symbols. Graphic creation is step-by-step, so no prior art experience with Flash is necessary. You will be making the Stop, Pause, Play, Volume Slider, Information Windows and the “face plate” for your new mp3 player.
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ActionScript 3 Animation Preview - Animating Diagonally
Posted: May 9th, 2008 → By: Administrator

Animating diagonally involves altering both the x and y coordinates of an object, and in this video, Craig demonstrates how to do this using the methods we’ve already discussed.
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ActionScript 3 Animation Preview - Animating With a Timer
Posted: May 5th, 2008 → By: Administrator

Using a Timer to animate is similar in functionality to the way the ENTER_FRAME method works, except that with a Timer, you have a little more control over the speed and fluidity of the animation.
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Building Web Ready Videos with Flash and Photoshop Preview - Introduction
Posted: April 28th, 2008 → By: Administrator

Bert Lee introduces us to a workflow for making web ready videos. Using Photoshop CS3 Extended as a primary production tool, and Flash CS3 as a finishing tool for integrating audio, video and other mutli-media resources. And with the additional support of Utility programs Quicktime Pro and Audacity, we learn how to produce great looking and sounding videos as quick loading Flash movies. This is an overview of all of the steps involved in the process, with a brief description of the role of each of the four programs involved.
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Creative Drawing Techniques in Flash Preview - Tracing a Sketch
Posted: April 14th, 2008 → By: Administrator

In this video, Craig demonstrates his favorite method for tracing over scanned drawings in Flash using the line and selection tools.
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Introduction to Flash CS3 Preview - The Pen Tool
Posted: March 24th, 2008 → By: Administrator

The pen tool allows you to draw lines and shapes with the use of anchor points and bezier curves. In this video, Craig demonstrates this complicated tool.
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Introduction to Flash CS3 Preview - The Brush Tool
Posted: March 21st, 2008 → By: Administrator

The brush tool is similar to the pencil tool in that it’s a freehand drawing tool, but the brush tool paints using the fill color.
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Introduction to Flash CS3 Preview - The Rectangle Primitive Tool
Posted: March 17th, 2008 → By: Administrator

The rectangle primitive tool allows you to draw a special kind of rectangle that allows you to change the corner roundness options even after the shape has been drawn.
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Introduction to Flash CS3 Preview - The Tools Panel
Posted: March 14th, 2008 → By: Administrator

The Tools Panel is going to be one of the most often used panels in Flash. In this introduction to a series of lessons on using the drawing tools, Craig explains the tools panel and shows you how you can customize it.
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Introduction to Flash CS3 Preview - Saving Your Panel Layout
Posted: March 10th, 2008 → By: Administrator

Customizing your panel layout does you no good if there is no way to hold onto those changes, so in this video, Craig shows you how to save, load, and manage your panel layouts in Flash.

